Spatiotemporal modeling of ambient sulfur dioxide concentrations in rural Western Canada

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-146

  Fan, Shihe ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^b   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^b  

^a Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exposure assessment; Spatiotemporal model; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL AREAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS; STATISTICAL MODELING;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS PRODUCTION; HEALTH RISK; OIL PRODUCTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 77949541028     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-008-9184-0     Document Type: Article

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